The Crown Estate owns the majority of the seabed within a 12 nautical mile limit of UK territorial waters
The Crown Estate’s most recent licensees for either wave or tidal energy sites are:
- DP Marine Energy Limited (tidal site at Isle of Islay)
- Glaxo Operations UK Limited (tidal site at Esk Estuary)
- Pelamis Wave Power Limited (wave site at Isle of Lewis)
- Sea Generation (Wales) Limited (tidal site at Skerries)
- AWS Ocean Energy Limited (wave site at Burghead)
- Minesto UK Limited (tidal site at Strangford Lough)
- Argyll Tidal Limited (tidal site at Mull of Kintyre)
- Nova Innovation Limited (tidal site at Bluemull Sound)
- Oceanflow Development Limited (tidal site at Sanda Sound)
Reference: RenewableEnergyWorld.com
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